Spy Classroom - Volume SS1 - Chapter 4.2

While all that was happening, the rest of the girls were enjoying some meat pie of their own in the dining room.

They scrambled to shovel as much pie as they could into their gullets, thoroughly staining their mouths in the process. At the end of the day, the shop’s pie really was miles better than their reproduced version. There was just no competing with professionals.

After wiping her mouth with a napkin, Thea told the others about the story she’d read in the newspaper.

“In the end, David ended up getting ousted from Mannheim Inc. It would seem that the previous president is coming back to resume his duties.”

“I mean, that’s what happens when you misappropriate company funds and lose them to a scammer,” Monika commented. She popped a hunk of meat pie into her mouth with her bare hands, then licked the oil off her fingers. “I guess the Mannheim employees got their happy ending, too. They got an excuse to kick out that second-gen dumbass, and that’s worth two hundred and fifty thousand any day of the week.”

“Indeed. It was a lovely outcome for all involved,” Thea said with a nod. The others all agreed.

An atmosphere of harmony fell on them as they basked in the wonderful conclusion they’d brought about—with one exception. Lily’s head looked like it was about to vibrate right off.

“This isn’t good enough!” Steam spewed from her ears as she shouted.

“…What’s this, all of a sudden?” Thea raised an eyebrow. “This is the best outcome we could have hoped for. What’s there to be unsatisfied about?”

“The report.”

“The what?”

“We should report what happened to Teach. We need to let him know about our big win!”

“You realize that what we did was a crime, right?” Monika said, shutting her down cold. “If this is just because you want to brag to him, then I’d think again. All it’ll do is make him mad.”

Lily pouted sadly. “I feel bad for Grete. After all that work she did for Teach’s sake…”

“Ah,” the others said as the same realization dawned on them.

If they didn’t tell Klaus what they’d done, then he would never find out just how much Grete cared. It seemed a shame, especially after how dedicated she’d been.

“I wouldn’t worry too much about that,” Monika replied. “I’m sure Klaus has an inkling of what’s up.”

At that very moment, Grete came down to the dining room. She speed-walked through to the kitchen, retrieved a knife and a fork, and headed back up to the second floor.

It wasn’t hard to figure out what was going on.

She was doubtless enjoying a nice dinner for two with Klaus.

“See?” Monika said smugly. “That’s probably him trying to be sincere.”

“You’re right,” Thea said with a smile. “Teach probably said something along the lines of, ‘I’m not that hungry, so why don’t we share?’”

That sounded like Klaus, all right.

“What a liar,” Sybilla replied without hesitation.

“What a liar,” Lily concurred.

“What a liar,” Sara agreed, unable to conceal her smile.

“I bet he was lying, yo.” Annette grinned.

“What a liar.” Erna nodded.

Over in the kitchen, there was a huge pile of ingredients he’d purchased to use that evening. Given that he’d just finished a mission, he was probably famished.

The girls exchanged glances with each other, then burst into laughter.

It was a shoddy lie, to be sure, but it was a lie he’d told for Grete’s sake.